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FRIDAY'S HOT DEALS!

The following deals do not have a ticket-by date which means that the bargains can disappear at any second. Buy these offers immediately and then figure out why you want to go there!

WOW! One-way rates of $76 to Miami are valid any available day through February 22. A 21-day advance purchase required. No blackouts! Inclusive rate: $86.60. Valid on AirTran and American. AirTran also offers this rate to W. Palm Beach .
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GO NOW! One-way rates to Cancun of $100 require no advance purchase notice. Complete travel by May 19. Travel any available day of the week. No blackouts! Valid on AirTran. Inclusive rate: $143.22.
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Travel to Grand Junction , Colorado at $107 each way on trips completed by September 29. A 14-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. No blackouts! Valid on American, Delta. Inclusive rate: $128.20.
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Travel one-way with United to Durango for just $112 on trips taken over the next 10 months. A 14-day advance purchase required. Valid Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday only. Frontier matches. Inclusive rate: $123.20.
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NEW! American offers one-way rates of $114 to Las Vegas on trips completed by October 1. A 14-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. No blackouts. Inclusive rate: $128.20.
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GO NOW! One-way rates to Palm Springs , California are $149 on trips completed by October 1. No advance purchase required. Travel any available day. No blackouts. Valid on American. Inclusive rate: $166.20.
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One-way rates to Vail-Eagle are $150 on any available day. Valid on Delta or United through next May. No blackouts! A 21-day advance purchase required. Inclusive rate: $160.59.
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NEW! One-way rates of $159 to St. Thomas , U.S. Virgin Islands (no passport require for U.S. citizens!) require a 28-day advance purchase notice. Travel any available day. Complete travel by October 1. No blackouts! Valid on Delta. Inclusive rate: $182.10.
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Travel with American or Delta to Burbank at $188 round-trip. A 7-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. No minimum stay requirements; no blackouts. Complete travel by December 18. Inclusive rate: $230.40.
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GO NOW! Get to Grand Cayman at $238 round-trip. No advance purchase required. Travel any available day. No blackouts! Stay at least any three nights. Complete travel by OCtober 1. Valid on Continental. Inclusive rate: $366.45.

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DOMESTIC DEALS

NEW! Holiday sale!
Purchase these one-way rates through November 12:

• $104 / $124 / $144 Durango
• $159 / $179 / $199 Denver
• $180 / $200 / $220 Rapid City
• $230 / $255 / $280 Bozeman

The lowest rates are valid: November 22, 23, 26, 27; December 2, 12-16, 25. Middle rates valid November 19-24, 26, 27; December 1, 2, 12-17, 25. The highest price applies on November 19-27; December 1, 2, 12-18, 20, 21, 24-26. Valid on United with all airlines matching. Add up to $25 for inclusive pricing.

NEW! Holiday sale!
Purchase these round-trip rates through November 12:

• $197 / $237 / $277 Grand Junction
• $271 / $311 / $351 Vail-Eagle
• $317 / $367 / $417 Jackson Hole
• $325 / $365 / $405 Steamboat Springs
• $335 / $385 / $435 Reno-Lake Tahoe
• $358 / $388 / $418 Des Moines
• $361 / $401 / $441 Gunnison-Crested Butte
• $374 / $414 / $454 Albuquerque or Quebec City
• $422 / $472 / $522 Spokanen
• $423 / $473 / $523 Tucson
• $441 / $491 / $541 Boise
• $455 / $505 / $555 Cody
• $479 / $539 / $599 Redmond-Bend
• $492 / $552 / $612 Portland

The lowest rates are valid: November 22, 23, 26, 27; December 2, 12-16, 25. Middle rates valid November 19-24, 26, 27; December 1, 2, 12-17, 25. The highest price applies on November 19-27; December 1, 2, 12-18, 20, 21, 24-26. Minimum stays are convoluted and range from three nights to specific days of the week. Rates are valid on United with all airlines matching. Add up to $45 per round-trip for inclusive pricing.

NEW ROUTES ON SALE! AirTran deals through early winter!
Purchase these one-way rates through November 10:

• $54 Charleston (service ends December 3), Charlotte
• $69 Atlantic City, Jacksonville, Memphis, Newport News, Pensacola, Raleigh, Richmond,
• $79 Akron-Canton, Bloomington, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Detroit, Flint, Ft. Lauderdale, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Moline, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Rochester, St. Louis, Sarasota, Tampa, W. Palm Beach
• $84 Baltimore, Chicago, Ft. Myers, Kansas City, Miami, Moline, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Wichita
• $89 Boston, Houston, Nassau (service begins December 17)
• $94 Branson, Dallas, Minneapolis, New York-LaGuardia, San Antonio, White Plains
• $99 Cancun, Newark, Portland ME
• $119 Key West (service begins December 17), Phoenix, San Juan
• $129 Aruba (service begins December 19), Denver
• $139 Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco
• $149 Seattle

A 10-day advance purchase required. Rates are valid Tuesday, Wedneday and Saturday. Higher sale rates available on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Complete travel by February 10 . Blackouts: November 25, 28-30; December 18-20, 22-30; January 2, 3.

New Alaska Airlines routes from ATL
Travel to Seattle or Portland , Oregon with Alaska Airlines with a one-way rate of $109 , valid on trips completed by March 10. A 14-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Blackouts: December 18-21, 26-28; January 2-4. Inclusive rate: $140.20. Travel must be nonstop via Seattle. Purchase by November 11 .

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INTERNATIONAL DEALS - Here's how to renew or apply for a new passport!

Canada |Caribbean | Mexico/Latin | Europe | Down Under | Asia/Oceania | Africa/India/Middle East

Oh, Canada!
Purchase these one-way rates through November 11:

• $149 each way, Vancouver, British Columbia
• $169 each way, Calgary, Alberta

A 14-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Complete travel by March 10. Blackouts west: January 1-7; December 16-23; March 4-9 east. Valid on Air Canada, Alaska/Delta, American, Continental, Delta/Northwest, Frontier (varies by cities served). Add about $22 for inclusive pricing.

GO NOW! Wide Carib sale!
Purchase these round-trip rates through November 12:

• $222 Freeport
• $230 Nassau
• $361 Turks & Caicos
• $383 Curacao
• $389 Bermuda
• $405 Trinidad
• $407 Barbados
• $454 Antigua
• $571 St. Kitts

No advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Minimum stays vary from two nights to a weekend; max stay 30 days. Complete travel by January 31. Blackouts: November 19-29; December 17-January 12. Valid on Delta with American matching. Add up to $100 for inclusive prices.

Mexico, Latin & South American specials
NEW! One-way rates of $121 to Mexico City are valid without advance purchase notice and on any available day. Complete travel by December 10. Purchase by November 5 . Valid on Delta with others matching. Inclusive rate: $233.86.
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A round-trip rate of $173 is offered to both Managua or Panama City on trips completed by February 2. A 10-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Stay 2-120 days. Purchase by November 10 . Valid on American, Delta. Inclusive rate: $469.70. American matches.
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Travel round-trip to Quito at $340 on departures through December 31 or from January 11. A 10-day advance purchase required. Travel any available day and stay at least any two nights. Complete travel by March 31. Purchase by November 18 . Valid on Delta. Inclusive rate: $619.70.
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GO NOW! Delta offers a $497 round-trip rate to Lima on trips completed by March 31. No advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Stay a Saturday night to a month. Purchase by November 10 . Inclusive rate: $869.70.
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GO NOW! Pay $658 to Buenos Aires on trips completed by December 15. No advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Stay a Saturday night to a month. Purchase by November 12 . Valid on American, Delta (nonstop), United. Inclusive rate: $1,006.20.

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Here's how to renew or apply for a new passport!

EUROPE FACTOIDS: Unless otherwise noted, economy class airfares to Europe require a Saturday night minimum stay, returns within a month of departure and a one-week advance notice of travel. Also, the lowest rates are based on mid-week travel. Add supplements of $20-$30 each way for Friday, Saturday departures or Friday-Sunday returns (and/or Friday-Sunday, each way; varies by destinaion/carrier). An exception is British Airways with off-peak days being Monday-Wednesday. Rates are exclusive of taxes, fees and fuel surcharges which can add from $200-$480 to the base rates shown below.

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Spot sales to Europe
TODAY! HOLIDAY SPECIAL! Travel round-trip to Zurich at $253 on departures through March 28. No blackouts! Purchase by November 6 . Valid on Air Canada, Continental or United. Inclusive rate: $639.30.
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Round-trip rates of $290 to Lisbon are valid on departures through March 28. Blackouts: December 16-23 departures; returns January 1-5. Purchase by November 19 . Valid on American, British Airways, Continental, Delta. Inclusive rate: $648.20.
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BIG SAVINGS! Round-trip rates to Munich are $300 on departures started by December 16 or January 6-March 15. Purchase by November 12 . Valid on USAirways. Inclusive rate: $563.60.

Spring consolidator rates to Europe!

• $482 Geneva, Zurich
• $486 Prague
• $452 London
• $498 Milan
• $505 Barcelona, Madrid
• $523 Bucharest
• $524 Budapest
• $539 Brussels
• $560 Vienna
• $599 Athens
• $630 Bologna, Rome, Venice
• $635 Istanbul
• $636 Warsaw
• $667 Helsinki or Stockholm
• $676 Munich
• $687 Sofia
• $690 Kiev
• $698 Lisbon
• $724 St. Petersburg or Moscow
• $814 Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg
  

Add $30 per direction for Thursday-Sunday travel days. Valid on March 26-May 31 departures. Stay a Saturday night to 90 days. Taxes are additional ($80-$110 RT). Fuel surcharges are also additional (average $224 RT). Valid on Northwest/KLM, but reservations must be booked by November 30 with Atlanta-based Consolidator Web Fares at 678-462-8737. View more consolidator deals .

ONGOING!

Business class specials to Europe

• From $3,200 year-round
  

This round-trip rate for a seat up-front in Business Class is valid to most destinations in Europe such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Madrid, Munich, Stuttgart and many other European cities. A 50-day advance purchase required (most cases). Delta requires just a 21-day advance to some destinations. Stay a minimum of seven days. Travel any available day. Most domestic and international airlines participate.

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Down Under deals
GO NOW! Travel from LAX to Auckland , New Zealand at $614 round-trip on trips completed by March 15. No advance purchase required. Travel any available day. Blackouts: December 1-January 15. Free stopovers permitted in Tahiti. Purchase by November 15 . Valid on Air Tahiti Nui. Inclusive rate: $880.10; $1,305.10 from ATL.
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Delta offers a $908 round-trip rate to Sydney on May 1-June 8 departures. Travel any available day. Purchase by November 11 . Qantas, United match. Inclusive rate: $1,211.30.

Specials to Asia
GO NOW! Air Canada offers a round-trip rate to Shanghai of $580 . No advance purchase required. Add $25 per direction for Friday-Sunday travel. Depart by December 16. Stay 3-60. Purchase by November 15 . Inclusive rate: $845.70.

Save to Africa, India, Middle East
GO NOW! Travel with Delta at $762 round-trip to Johannesburg , South Africa without advance purchase notice. Travel any available day. Depart by December 9; January 7-March 25 or April 11-30. Stay a weekend to 90 days. Purchase by November 30 . Inclusive rate: $1,231.90. Two free stopovers permitted.
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Travel with Northwest/KLM to Tel Aviv at $699 round-trip. Travel any available day. Depart by December 16 or December 25-March 23. Stay a weekend to one year. Purchase by November 11 . United/Lufthansa matching. Inclusive rate: $1,123.40.

OTHER TRAVEL DEALS

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NEED TO KNOW & FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

REMEMBER! International fees, taxes and surcharges (examples: fuel surcharges are $105 each way transatlantic; $110 transpacific; $123 Israel; $140 Jordan or Dubai; $125 South America and $95-$140 India/Africa) can add up to $400 to base rates, depending on destination city/routing. Also, fuel surcharges to Mexico are $54 round-trip. Also, deals listed as no expiration of travel are based on trips taken over the next 331 days, or the advance booking window offered by most airlines. Certain low-fare airlines such as AirTran and Southwest have short booking windows.

Why are my ticket prices always higher than what Clark mentions?
Airline, airport and other government fees are NOT included in prices listed on this page or those Clark mentions on the air. Here is a rough guide of the 'extras':
Domestic: 7.5 percent tax; $3.20 per flight federal segment fee; a maximum of $18 in airport charges; $2.50 per flight segment security fee

What's the best way to buy an airline ticket?
Clark's listeners and Web visitors have had great success in finding his 'deals' at Travelocity. At the Home page enter your city pairs and then click at the 'Flexible dates' button - don't enter dates. If the domestic fare is still published, the next page will display the airline and the price you seek, inclusive of taxes, fees. Click at 'Select' to view calendars with available dates.

The Flexible date search for international rates can be found at zuji - a Travelocity site based outside of the U.S. To access the flex-seach tool, click on "Other" in the area that reads, "Please select your location from the list below to access the best deals from your local ZUJI website." Then, select the "Flights" tab and "Flexible date" option.

Shop for the lowest worldwide rates here (you can log in as a guest or register for future use). For a wide range of available sale dates (rates shown are inclusive of all taxes, fees), click on the Month Search button at the top right. You cannot book directly from this site, but complete an online purchase directly at an airline Web site.

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